by Lucy Moore
and Lifar 222
and Lvov 35, 36–7, 51
marriage 118, 136
Les Noces 216, 220
Palace Theatre 172, 173–4, 175, 176
Paris 52, 57, 61, 65, 67, 69
and Pavlova 31
Petrushka 92
and Piltz 138
pregnancy 136, 153
and Romola 227, 228
Le Sacre du printemps 3, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136–7
The Sleeping Princess 216
Le Spectre de la rose 86
Stassik’s death 199
and Stravinsky 131, 177
and Svetlov 66
and Tishkevich 47
United States tour 184
and Vaslav 62, 75, 76, 81, 90, 136–7, 153, 253
Vaslav’s funeral 234
Vaslav’s marriage 159–60, 162
Vaslav’s mental illness 218, 220, 224
Vaslav’s military service 162
in Vienna 218
Nijinska, Eleonora
Acis and Galatea 28
Bronia’s birth 7
Bronia’s pregnancy 136
career 7, 8–9, 10–12
childhood 7
and Diaghilev 70, 135
family 8–9, 13
Foma’s death 119
Imperial Theatre School 13, 14–15, 21, 29
letter to Switzerland 199
and Lvov 35, 37
marriage 8
Paris 52, 65, 67, 69
and Rambert 139
Le Sacre du printemps 2, 143
separation 13
Vaslav’s dismissal 85
Vaslav’s marriage 162
Vaslav’s Paris trip 50–1
Vaslav’s romances 30, 32–3
in Vienna 218
Nijinska, Irina 180, 217f, 218
Nijinsky, Foma
birth and childhood 7
career 7–9, 10–12
death 119
family 8–9
marriage 8
porteur 30, 48
separation 13
and Vaslav 30
Nijinsky, Kyra
appearance 240–1
birth 179
and Bronia 226
in Budapest 180, 181
as dancer 226, 240
and Dezentje 227
in Franciscan order 240
at Kreuzlingen 229
marriage 229
in Paris 218, 219
and Rodgers 223
in Switzerland 198–9, 200, 201–2, 223
in United States 183, 185, 190
and Vaslav 181, 240–1
Vaslav’s death 234
in Vaslav’s diary 211, 212
Vaslav’s mental illness 240
Nijinsky, Romola 105, 156
biography 239
and Bronia 173, 227, 228
and Cecchetti 119, 120
and de Putti 226
and Dezentje 226–7
and Diaghilev 244–5
Diaghilev and Vaslav 248
divorce 227–8
in England 233–4
fortune telling 190
and Frenkel 201, 225–6
in Hungary 180–1, 231–2
and Kyra 240
Kyra’s birth 179
in later life 240
marriage 158–62, 164, 168
and men 217f
Morrell on 179
Palace Theatre 173–4, 175, 176, 285n
in Paris 218–19
Paris brothels 67
pregnancy 169
Lady Ripon on 179
Le Sacre du printemps 4, 147
sexuality 248–9
South American tour 154, 194–7
Spain 191, 192, 193–4
on SS Avon 154, 157–8
in Switzerland 198–204, 233
and Tamara 219, 228, 240
in United States 183–91, 223
and Vaslav 105, 119–20, 145, 147, 229, 248–9
Vaslav’s biography 227, 228
Vaslav’s clothes 170
Vaslav’s death 234
Vaslav’s diary 204–5, 207, 208–9, 211, 212, 228, 240
Vaslav’s mental illness 201, 212–13, 226, 229–30, 231, 233, 240
in Vienna 232–3
Nijinsky, Stanislas (Stassik)
birth 8
childhood 9
dance training 9, 10
death 199
mental illness 11, 221
Nijinsky, Tamara 218–19, 240
in Budapest 223
at Kreuzlingen 229
and Romola 228, 229–30, 239
and Vaslav 219, 231, 253–4
Vaslav’s funeral 234
Nijinsky, Vaslav Fomich
Acis and Galatea 27–8
and Aga Khan 105
androgyny 248–9
L’Aprèsmidi d’un faune 3, 72, 81–2, 90, 99–104, 106, 108–13, 116, 129, 249, 271n
La Belle au bois dormant 45, 46
birth 8, 262n
Bloody Sunday riots 25–6
Bourman’s biography 228
Bronia’s pregnancy 136–7
Bronia’s wedding 217f
bullfight 193
Carnaval 75, 79
and Cecchetti 147–8
and Chaplin 188–9
childhood 9–10, 11, 12–13
choreography 1–2, 75, 81–2, 101–2, 103–4, 112, 116, 242, 254–6
circus 12
Cléopatra 60
and Cocteau 73f
creativity 250
dance notation 181–2, 198
as dancer 63–6, 252–4, 255, 256–8
death 234
meets Diaghilev 39, 46–7, 48–51
relationship with Diaghilev 3–4, 56, 67–8, 69–71, 76, 83–4, 94, 96–8, 113, 118–19, 135, 138, 151–2, 163–5, 241–4, 246–8, 255–6
diary 204–12, 228, 240
Le Dieu bleu 109
dismissal from Ballets Russes 168, 169, 171, 173, 178–9
and Duchesse de Durcal 194
and Duncan 47, 48
in England 233–4
family 6–8
and father 13, 30, 119
Le Festin 57
La Fille Mal Gardée 31
Firebird 256
and Fokine 100
fortune telling 190
Friends of St Stephen’s 150
funerals 234
and Futurism 124
Giselle 75–6, 79, 82–3, 104
and Gorshkova 32–3
in Hungary 180–2, 231–2
Imperial Theatre School 14–22, 25, 27–8, 29–34
Imperial Theatres 45–6, 82–4
jai alai 192–3
Jeux 3, 115–17, 118, 120, 121, 122–4, 151, 249, 256
and Karsavina 120, 121–2
Koestonbaum 245–6
and Kyra 179, 181, 198–9, 200, 201–2
lack of confidence 74–5, 76
languages 18, 57–8, 113, 123
legend 239–61
La Légende de Joseph 125, 151, 177–8
London 96, 113–15
and Lvov 34–8, 45–6, 49, 50, 51, 68, 265n
Mariinsky Theatre 27–8, 31
marriage 158–63, 164–5, 168–9, 173–4, 181
masturbation 33, 50
mental illness 195–7, 200–1, 204, 205–6, 210, 212–13, 218–24, 226, 229–30, 231–2, 233–4, 240, 250–2
Mephisto Valse 182, 187, 188
military service 84–5, 119, 162, 166
music hall 189
musical literacy 103
L’Oiseau de feu 74
painting classes 82
Palace Theatre 172–6, 285n
Paris 48–9, 50, 52, 56, 57–9, 60, 61–71
Paris Opéra 171
Le Pavillon d’Armide 38–9, 47, 48, 57, 68, 247–8
Petrushka 81, 89, 90, 92–5
and Piltz 138–9
possessions 169–70
practice 62
and prostitutes 33, 97–8, 164, 265n
publicity photographs 258–9
and Rambert 139, 167
and Rodin 117–18
and Roerich 126
and Romola 105, 119–20, 145, 147, 155, 157–62, 239–40
Romola’s biography 227, 228
Roosevelt wedding 177
Le Sacre du printemps 1–5, 121, 122, 128, 129–38, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150–1, 177, 192, 228, 249, 260
Sargent 96
Schéhérazade 77, 79, 89, 190, 246, 249
and Sert 67
sexuality 249–50, 257
South American tour 191, 194–7
Spain 191–4
Le Spectre de la Rose 3, 86–7, 88–9, 112, 123, 231, 254
on SS Avon 154–5, 157–9
and Stravinsky 74, 167
and Svetlov 66
in Switzerland 198–204, 233
Les Sylphides 45, 58, 175, 197
and Tamara 219
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 137
Till Eulenspiegel 182, 184–5, 187–8
typhoid 69
in United States 183–91
Venice 72–3, 80
in Vienna 232–3
watch 118
and women 29, 32–3, 38, 50, 97–8
Nijinsky Dancing (Kirstein) 12
Nijinsky Foundation 230, 233
Noailles, Anna de 61
Noces, Les 182, 216, 220
Nouvel, Walter 41, 54, 55, 120, 176–7, 214, 241
ballet 44–5
Diaghilev’s death 225
London 145
Paris 50, 66
and Vaslav 46, 47, 104, 163, 164, 284n
Noverre, Jean-Georges 17
Nureyev, Rudolf 19–20, 32, 155f, 211, 250, 251
Nutcracker, The 19, 233
O
Oblokova, Ekaterina 156, 159
Obukhov, Mikhail 17, 46
Oiseau de feu, L’ 4, 74, 77, 93, 95, 103, 256
Oliveroff, André 195–6
Orlov, Alexandre 93
Ostwald, Peter 110f, 221, 239–40
P
Padany, Oskar 175, 181, 211, 229, 231
Palace Theatre, London 172–6, 285n
Paquin, Jeanne 122
Parade 191
Paris 52–71, 76–9, 85, 86, 117–18
L’Aprèsmidi d’un faune 108–13
ballet 58–9
Diaghilev 44, 45, 47
Les femmes de bonne humeur 191
gay scene 246
Jeux 122–4
Larue’s 56, 66, 67, 125
La Légende de Joseph 177–8
Les Noces 216–17
Petrushka 89–95
Russia 59
Le Sacre du printemps 140–5
Le Spectre de la rose 85–7, 88–9
succès de scandale 143
Vaslav’s funeral 234
Paris Opéra 58, 71, 171, 227
Pavillon d’Armide, Le 38–9, 47, 57, 59f, 67, 68, 77, 100, 149, 247–8
Pavlova, Anna 19, 31–2, 217f, 245, 255
Ballets Russes 104
Bloody Sunday riots 24
Cléopatra 59
death 252
and Duncan 23
Dying Swan 94, 242
Germany tour 48
Giselle 75–6, 80, 104
and Kshesinskaya 81
lovers 33–4
L’Oiseau de feu 74, 103
Palace Theatre 172–3, 174
Paris 53, 56, 58, 59
Le Pavillon d’Armide 48
rosin 65
Les Sylphides 58
and Vaslav 31, 45
Petipa, Marie 17, 24
Petipa, Marius 17, 23, 24f, 46, 92, 216, 254
Petrushka 4, 81, 85, 89–95, 104, 126, 131, 188, 223–4
Picasso, Pablo 112, 134, 186f, 191, 192, 210, 214
Pickford, Mary 189
Pierrot 89
Piltz, Maria 138–9, 143–4
Pittsburgh Gazette 111
Plomer, William 277n
Poiret, Paul 60
Polignac, Prince de 53
Polignac, Winnie de 53, 216f
Polovtsian Dances 56, 57, 59f, 77, 100
Porter, Roy 221, 240
Poulenc, Francis 215f
Power, Margaret 232, 233, 234
Prince Igor 3, 56, 60–1, 126
Prokofiev, Serge 191
Proust, Marcel 2, 53, 54, 68, 70, 125
Pulszky, Karoly (Charlie) de 156
Pulszky, Romola de see Nijinsky, Romola
Pulszky, Tessa de 181, 201, 207, 222–3
Q
Quand, Mr 232
R
Rambert, Marie 227
and Diaghilev 122, 241–2
Jeux 121
and Romola 155, 157, 240
Le Sacre du printemps 121, 130, 133, 134, 139, 143, 145
Le Spectre de la rose 86
and Vaslav 86, 101, 120–1, 139, 242, 253, 256
Vaslav’s funeral 234
Vaslav’s marriage 159, 161, 167
Vaslav’s mental illness 224
Rat, Madame 58, 121
Ravel, Maurice 54, 72, 103, 174
Red Shoes, The 246
Redon, Odilon 111
Relph, Harry 189
Renard, Le 217f
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste 54
Richardson, John 191
Rimbaud, Arthur 89
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai 127
Rio de Janeiro 159, 195
Ripon, Lady 95–6, 113–15, 117, 178–9, 182
Rite of Spring, The see Sacre du printemps, Le
Rivière, Jacques 144, 178, 255
Rodgers, Natalie 223
Rodin, Auguste 111, 117–18
Roerich, Nicholas 55, 57, 126
Le Sacre du printemps 2, 4, 125–8, 129, 132, 134–5, 140, 141, 143, 144
Roosevelt, Belle 177
Roosevelt, Kermit 177
Rouché, Jacques 171, 172
Rozanov, Vasily 43
Rubinstein, Artur 54, 59, 96, 148, 192–3, 196, 197
Rubinstein, Ida 59–60, 73, 79, 226, 247
S
Sacher Hotel, Vienna 232
Sacre du printemps, Le 165, 166, 192, 243, 249–50, 259–60
Bronia 217
choreography 122, 129–36, 150–1, 188, 228, 255
composition 125–9
concert performance 176–7
in London 148–9
new version 214
premiere 1–5, 140–5, 257
reaction 141–4, 148–9, 150
rehearsals 121, 132–3, 134, 137, 138, 139–40
St Moritz 198–204
St Petersburg
Ballets Russes 73–6
bathhouses 38, 97, 246
Bloody Sunday riots 24, 25–6, 42
Butter Week Lenten fairs 89
Duncan 22–4
Imperial Theatre School 13–22
Le Sacre du printemps 176
Tatar markets 60–1
Saint-Saëns, Camille 142, 176
Sakel, Dr Manfred 230
Salinger, J. D. 206
Salomé (ballet) 59
Salomé (opera) 143
Salomé (Wilde) 143
Salons des refusés 143
Sandoz, Maurice 201–4
Sargent, John Singer 96
Satie, Erik 191
Save Me the Waltz (Fitzgerald) 6
Savina, Vera 214–15
Schéhérazade 77, 79, 89, 100, 160, 188, 190, 246, 249
Scheijen, Sjeng 102–3, 268n
Schmede, Eric 201
Schmitt, Florent 142–3
Schoenberg, Arnold 103, 124, 143
Schollar, Ludmila 120
Schumann, Robert 75, 192
Schweiner, Mr 145
Seldes, Gilbert 189
Sennett, Richard 251
Sergey, Grand Duke 83
Serov, Valentin 91
Sert, José-Maria 54, 165
Sert, Misia 54, 177
L’Aprèsmidi d’un faune 111
Ballets Russe 108
and Diaghilev 53, 54, 65, 67, 111, 192
Diaghilev’s death 224–5
and Lifar 222
Paris Opéra 227
Petrushka 91
Le Sacre du printemps 2, 150
Vaslav and Diaghilev 138
in Vaslav’s diary 210
Vaslav’s marriage 162–3, 165
Singer, Paris 73
Singer, Winnaretta 53, 216f
Sitwell, Edith 247
Sitwell, Osbert 95, 188
Sitwell, Sacheverell 222
Sleeping Princess, The 45, 46, 215–16
Sokolova, Lydia 135–6, 160–1, 184, 187, 213, 214, 224, 234
Somes, Michael 234
Sontag, Susan 62
Spectre de la Rose, Le 3, 85–7, 88–9, 104, 112, 123, 144, 149, 173, 231, 254
Spessivtzeva, Olga 213f
St-Johnston, Sir Reginald 95
Stavinsky, Igor, Petrushka 81
Steegmuller, Francis 73f
Stein, Gertrude 96, 124, 134
Stephen, Vanessa 117
Stephen, Virginia 117
Stoll, Sir Oswald 216
Stoneley, Peter 248
Strachey, Lytton 115, 148, 179
Strauss, Richard 103
Elektra 179
La Légende de Joseph 124, 125, 151, 177, 178
Salomé 143
Till Eulenspiegel 182
Stravinsky, Igor 241
and Aga Khan 105
L’Aprèsmidi d’un faune 111–12
and Cocteau 281n
and Diaghilev 74, 214, 247
and Fokine 90
in Madrid 192
and Markevitch 224
Mavra 216
Les Noces 216
L’Oiseau de feu 4, 74
Petrushka 4, 89, 90, 91, 93, 94
Le Sacre du printemps 2, 4, 125–6, 127–9, 130–1, 132–3, 136, 138, 140–1, 142, 144, 145, 150–1, 165, 176–7, 228
The Sleeping Princess 215–16
and Vaslav 79, 97, 103, 113, 182, 210
in Vaslav’s diary 209
Vaslav’s dismissal 171
Vaslav’s marriage 166–7
Vaslav’s mental illness 221, 250
Stresa 117
Sunnyside 188
Suvretta House Hotel, St Moritz 202–4, 212
Svetlov, Valerian 33, 66
Swan Lake 19, 167
Sylphide, La 85f
Sylphides, Les 1, 3, 45, 58, 69, 98, 100, 140, 149, 173, 174, 197, 233
T
Taglioni, Marie 252
Talashinko 127
Talisman, Le 92
Tallien, Thérésia 53
Talma, François-Joseph 26
Tauride Palace 42–3
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr 43, 175, 215
Telyakovsky, Vladimir 21, 25, 33, 48, 83, 84
Tenisheva, Princess Maria 41, 61, 127
Thamar 109
Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 137–8
Jeux 3, 122
Le Sacre du printemps 1–5, 140–4, 149–50, 257
Théâtre du Châtelet 55, 56, 57
Till Eulenspiegel 182, 184–5, 187–8
Times, The 87f, 104
